QUESTION 1
(a) Explain how the harnessing of Information Systems impact on organizations?
(b) What management challenges do organization face in choosing a Database Management System?
(c) Explain how enterprise applications differ from traditional systems
(d) What are the main challenges in adopting hardware and software assets in an organization?
(e) Explain why business process reengineering is a challenging activity in many business organizations?
QUESTION 2
(a) Distinguish between a Management Information System and a Decision Support System
(b) Discuss briefly how can eCommerce/ eBusiness applications help organisations in reducing costs
(c) Discuss on four kind of organisational changes that are enabled by Information Technology
(d) Why are information systems so vulnerable to destruction, error, abuse, and system quality problems?
(e) What is data mining and describe briefly its benefits?
QUESTION 3
(a) Explain how the prototyping approach to systems development helps in successful systems implementation?
(b) What are the factors, which contributed towards adopting ‘End User Computing' as a system development methodology?
(c) Despite the attractiveness of eCommerce to business organizations yet there have been a number of ‘dot com' failures. What factors could have contributed to this state of affairs?
(d) What are the benefits of Intranet(s) to organizations?
(e) What kinds of software and software tools do we need to run our business?